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Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by simbolit on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @02:19PM (#38181476)
Love the tone of the article.

Example:

Our marketing folks would say the characters are more responsive and lifelike than ever before; our internal dev notes described it as "the characters won't bump or get stuck into objects in tight spaces".

Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by wilg on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @02:24PM (#38181532)
The perennial problem with marketing language seems to be that everything needs to be reworded to "make sense" to someone who doesn't know anything about the actual product that is being marketed.
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by mpalmer on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @02:57PM (#38181957)
Not nearly as big a problem as the positive spin they feel compelled put on everything. When everything sounds like a win, nothing does.
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by aydio on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @03:40PM (#38182524)
“Winflation”?
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by Smoosh on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @04:01PM (#38182771)
Hype~r~inflation
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by Nition on Tuesday November 07, 2023 @08:41PM (#38185684)
Always funny how Product 1 will be perfect, but when Product 2 comes out, Product 1 suddenly has obvious flaws which Product 2 corrects.
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by drstewart on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @12:24AM (#38187102)
Is the product marketed here a video game or a video game engine? Why do you expect every video game player to understand graphics programming?
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by h4ch1 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:22AM (#38187349)
I don't see a harm in learning at least minor terminology to better bridge the communication gap between developers and consumers.
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by drstewart on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @08:41AM (#38190147)
Consumers don't care about the details of how a game is developed. So what's the BENEFIT of doing this?
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by chankstein38 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @10:28AM (#38191766)
Do you need to understand graphics programming to understand "The character won't get stuck in tight places"? They seem to do this because that sounds way more practical and way less magical than "The character is more lifelike!"
Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by m463 on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @01:42AM (#38187442)
irl: small cramped house

realtor: cozy charmer!

Re:Northlight makes Alan Wake 2 shine by fennecfoxy on Wednesday November 08, 2023 @07:14AM (#38189365)
I mean, the latter part of that sentence is still all marketing language. The whole sentence is marketing. The comedy in it is marketing.